VIDEO: Liquor store robbed at gunpoint
During the exchange at the till, the second suspect walks in and points a firearm at the woman.
Two men who were arrested for robbing a liquor store in the Roodepoort CBD appeared in the Roodepoort Magistrate Court yesterday.
They were apprehended by Apcan armed security, who immediately searched for the men after they were alerted of the robbery.
The men, who fled using a taxi were caught on Albertina Sisulu Road.
After a search, one firearm and the stolen money were found in the taxi
According to video footage, one of the suspects went into the store first pretending to be a customer and distracted the woman at the till by asking her where the cooldrinks are.
The suspects forced her to open the cash register and took the money and a packets of cigarettes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoWKQqShxM8&feature=youtu.be
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